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LOS ANGELES — The director of the upcoming "X-Men" film has denied allegations contained in a lawsuit that he raped an aspiring actor and model in 1999 and called the claims a shakedown.
Bryan Singer wrote in a statement released Thursday that he was avoiding promotional events for his upcoming film "X-Men: Days of Future Past" to avoid distracting from the movie and the work of its actors and crew.
"The allegations against me are outrageous, vicious and completely false," Singer wrote. "I do not want these fictitious claims to divert any attention from 'X-Men: Days of Future Past.' "
The statement was released a week after Singer was sued in Hawaii by Michael Egan III, a former aspiring model and actor, who claims the director sexually abused him during a trip in Hawaii in 1999. Egan has said Singer abused him when he was as young as 15 years old at a home in Los Angeles, but his case only focused on the alleged abuse in Hawaii.
Singer's attorney Marty Singer has said the director wasn't in Hawaii when Egan claims he was abused.
"I promise when this situation is over, the facts will show this to be the sick twisted shakedown it is," Bryan Singer wrote in his statement.
Egan's attorney Jeff Herman said Singer's denials would not affect his pursuit of the case. "We have a good-faith belief in the allegations, and we will litigate this," Herman said.
Egan has also sued three other entertainment industry figures — two former television executives and a theater producer — for substantially similar claims.
"None of the defendants in Michael Egan's cases have admitted to abusing him," Herman said. "I've gotten other threats from the other lawyers, which I find interesting. I'm not deterred from bringing these cases forward."
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The Associated Press does not typically name victims of sex abuse, but it is naming Egan because he is speaking publicly about his allegations.
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Oak Ridge City Council recently approved an amended contract with Waste Connections of Tennessee Inc.
A Waste Connections representative told Council new stickers will be placed on residents' brown recycle carts over the next few weeks as a reminder of the rewards offered by RecycleBank for recycling points. He said Oak Ridge is the company's "No. 1 recycler."
City Manager Mark Watson said a notice of the change would be put on the city's website.
Council also approved the purchase of in-car digital video recording equipment for the Police Department, a change from L3 Communications to Insight Public Sector.
Council member Chuck Hope reported on the city delegation's recent trip to the Environmental Protection Agency in Atlanta to discuss the city's mandate to fix the city's 70-year-old sewer system.
"The meeting went really well," Hope said, adding he was a part of a nine-member team that included council members, city staff and former council member Ellen Smith. A five member EPA subcommittee met with EPA officials for about two hours.
"They (EPA officials) are much more aware of our unique situation here," he said.
Council member Charlie Hensley, also a member of the subcommittee, talked about what the city has accomplished with the sewer system renovations before and after the mandate, the cost and his concerns about the consequences of not finishing the work before 2015 when the mandate orders.
He said the public needs to contact local legislators and try to get more time to complete the project.
"We already have all the latitude we're going to get," Council member David Mosby said of the EPA time schedule for completion of the system. He said the city could still get a Department of Justice consent degree, something the city of Atlanta has done and got an extension.
"I want to still look at options for the future," he said.
Smith addressed the Department of Energy partnership with the city, stating that EPA officials "had concerns" with the relationship but "we heard no solution." She called the meeting "really productive."
When questioned about the Department of Justice consent degree, Hensley and Hope said the consent could be more costly to the city. Hensley said the city could be fined $37,500 for every over flow.
"We have some flexibility now but once the DOJ is involved, it becomes very restrictive," Hensley said.
City Manager Mark Watson said the EPA order binds the city to complete the project on a planned schedule.
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In other action, Council proclaimed March 1 as Arbor Day and said the public is invited to a celebration and tree planting at 1 p.m. at Willow Brook Elementary School.
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USA U18 Women Claim Gold Medal With 104-74 Victory Over Canada
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With a commanding 104-74 win over Canada (3-2) that saw the USA (5-0) paced by 25 points and 11 rebounds from tournament MVP A'ja Wilson (Heathwood Hall H.S./ Hopkins, S.C.), the 2014 USA Basketball Women's U18 National Team (5-0) captured the 2014 FIBA Americas U18 Championship gold medal on Sunday evening at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The gold medal was the USA U18 women's seventh-straight and eighth overall, and the USA women are now 48-2 in FIBA Americas U18 Championship play since the event was first held in 1988. The victory also was the USA's second win over Canada after handing the Canadians a 107-76 loss on Aug. 8 in the preliminary round.
In the bronze medal game, Argentina (3-2) edged out Brazil (2-3) 69-67. The top four tournament finishers, including the USA, Canada, Argentina and Brazil, qualified for the 2015 FIBA U19 World Championship in Russia.
"I thought Canada played extremely well," said USA head coach Dawn Staley (University of South Carolina). "I just thought overall, over a 40-minute period, I thought we kept fresh legs in there and made them play a little bit quicker than they wanted to play. I thought our players just really, on both sides of the ball, executed the game plan."
Four additional players reached double-digits in a game that saw the USA take control in the first quarter. Napheesa Collier (Incarnate Word Academy/O'Fallon, Mo.) contributed 18 points and six rebounds; Beatrice Mompremier (Miami H.S./Miami, Fla.) finished with 16 points and eight rebounds; Jessica Shepard (Fremont H.S./Fremont, Neb.) added 14 points and seven rebounds; and Brianna Turner (Manvel H.S/Pearland, Texas) added 12 points.
Additionally, Mariya Moore (Salesian H.S./Richmond, Calif.) dished out seven assists, and Wilson with 11 attempted free throws tied the USA U18 single-game record – a mark that was set by Turner on Aug. 8 and also matched by Shepard on Aug. 9.
"This game was special because it was the gold medal game," Wilson said. "We took care of business and executed everything. Great things started to happen, and things fell into place. It was a great game."
Canada scored first in the game, and the teams traded baskets through the first five minutes. The scoreboard read 10-8 in the USA's favor when Canada made a 3-pointer at 5:24, but then the red, white and blue launched its first run of the game, ignited by two made free throws from Moore. That was the start of a 12-0 stretch that put the USA up 22-8 when Moore dished to Turner at 1:30. Each team scored four more points before the first quarter ended to make it 26-12.
Once again Canada started the stanza by matching nearly each U.S. score through the first few minutes, and thanks in part to two made 3-pointers, Canada trailed 34-23 at 6:07. Shepard scored eight points of her own over the next six minutes as the USA outscored Canada 16-9 to close the first half with a 50-32 lead.
The USA's highest-scoring period of the game was the third, when the Americans put up 29 points to Canada's 15 and effectively put the game out of reach. The USA's largest run of the game, a 14-0 spurt, came in the quarter, as well, and it began with an offensive rebound and score from Collier at 6:54 and ended with a basket from Mompremier at 3:28 to make it 71-40. After eight more U.S. points and seven from Canada, the U.S. lead was 32 points, 79-47, headed into the final 10 minutes.
Canada outscored the USA 27-25 in the fourth quarter as the USA coasted to a 104-74 win.
"It was the most exciting game of my life," Paris Kea (Greensboro Page H.S./ Greensboro, N.C.) said. "We knew their weaknesses and strengths."
The USA outrebounded Canada 54-25, including 25 offensive boards that helped the USA tally 62 of its points in the paint compared to Canada's 14.
Shaylisha Colley led Canada with 16 points.
For the five-game tournament, the USA outscored its opponents by a convincing 44.8 points per game margin, and four U.S. players averaged double-digit scoring, including a USA U18 Women's competition record 19.0 points per game from Wilson, who also set a USA competition record for field goal percentage with 76.5 percent (39-51 FGs). Collier averaged 14.0 ppg., Turner averaged 13.6 ppg. and Shepard scored 12.6 ppg.
The U.S. team led the eight-team tournament in 13 of 21 team statistical categories, including points per game (106), scoring margin (+44.8), field goal percentage (.574), 3-point field goal percentage (.338), rebounding margin (+28.8), blocks per game (6.0) and assists per game (25.4).
"It's a great feeling," Shepard said. "We've been here for so long working so hard, and to finally have a reward for all of it is amazing."
Earlier today, Puerto Rico (3-2) captured fifth place with a 51-49 win over Chile (2-3), who finished in sixth place, and Mexico (2-3) topped El Salvador (0-5) 77-45 to finish in seventh and eighth places, respectively.
Staley, who also will serve this summer as an assistant coach for the 2014 USA Basketball Women's World Championship Team, was joined on the sideline by USA assistant coaches Kim Barnes Arico (University of Michigan) and Jeff Walz (University of Louisville).


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No one does beautiful cookbooks quite like Tessa Kiros, and her track record of more than 700,000 books sold worldwide speaks for itself. In her latest book, Recipes and Dreams from an Italian Life (2013 Appetite by Random House), Kiros celebrates the heritage of Italy, the country she has chosen to call home. With more than 100 accessible and delicious recipes, ranging from robust family dishes to quirky cakes and old-fashioned preserves, this book is a must-have in any kitchen. Here, try three of her easy-to-make dishes — perfect for a mid-week dinner — like this spaghetti with lentil ragu (pictured above).
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Local teachers and administrators say the federal No Child Left Behind Act is unrealistic and needs to be fixed.
"It's a political kind of a topic," Ridgecrest Charter School director Don Beene said. "To me it's just another set of mandates."
"I do not like No Child Left Behind. It's doing a major disservice to this generation of students," Las Flores Elementary School Principal Ron Carter said. "The intense pressure it puts on classroom teachers in unrealistic and not fair. The fact that principals' and teachers' careers are now dependent on how kids 7 years old to 18 years old do on a one-day test is wrong."
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"That's mathematically impossible. It's not going to happen," he said. "If you're not meeting the benchmarks of No Child Left Behind, you're made an improvement school. If you still don't reach the benchmarks in the third or fourth year, you're supposed to be making preparations for your school to become a charter school."
He said schools can also be taken over, principals can be fired, and teachers can be removed from the school.
"That's all punitive. That's all negative," said Carter. "That is harming somebody's career based on how kids do on a one-day test. You cannot put that type of pressure and stress on principals and teachers if they're going to lose their jobs based on how kids do on a standardized test."
He pointed out that Sierra Sands' test scores are among the highest in the state, so it won't be affected like a lot of other districts around the country.
"We take kids where they are when they come into the school. A lot of the students that we get are lacking academically," Carter said. "That gives us an added challenge to bring those kids up to speed."
Carter said he does not have a problem with the state standards.
"I don't have a problem with the testing if the testing is used the way it should be used. It should be used for a curriculum — where are the gaps in the curriculum, what changes do you need to make in the curriculum and to teaching techniques," he added.
He said many changes are needed.
"It's all about kids, and all of us understand that," said Burroughs High School Principal Ernie Bell. "Certain parts of No Child Left Behind are very difficult to do."
One is assessments, he said. "I don't know that they have a true understanding of what's really going on in the school, however they're mandating that the schools do all these things."
To fix the act, Bell said lawmakers need to truly understand what is going on in school districts and provide them with the financial resources to do those things."
"In California, your proficient is the same as other states' advanced," Carter said. "If we were in line with some of the other states, our proficient would be basic, so it's going to be a lot easier if we were to get all of our kids into the basic and proficient versus the way it is now, where we've got a higher mark for our kids to achieve than a lot of the other states."
Teachers Bev Pippen and Sue Marvin say the law is unrealistic.
"The reality in the classroom is that kids come in with different abilities and different levels of achievement," said Marvin. "You can work and work and work with them, and some will respond to it, and some will not be ready for it."
Pippen said a father told her that if received a product that is broken, he can throw it away.
"You don't have that option," she quoted him as saying. "That's really true. Sometimes we have children come to us with so many issues that they're almost broken, and we have to go back and try to rebuild them from the bottom up, and it takes longer than 180 days to do that."
She said there is so much pressure on children that they are required to do things normally done at higher grade levels.
"In every classroom, you have your lows, your middles and your highs," Marvin said. "That's just a fact, and that isn't changing. I think it's getting worse because our state standards are so aggressive in that they require so much of our kids."
"It may have been okay on paper, and the theory may have been good, but once it actually became reality, then you find you can never outdo what's good enough," Pippen added.
"What the legislature should do is ask classroom teachers," Marvin said.
"While the intent of NCLB is to raise standards nationwide in all areas of education, kindergarten through 12th grade, the reality is the opposite," said Desert Area Teachers Association President Maureen Glennon.
The federal government is mandating that all children in school reach the "proficient level" by 2014.
"Proficient in California means an 80 percent score or better on all standardized tests," she said. "Additionally, students in California must pass the California High School Exit Exam, to graduate. This includes an exam in high school algebra as well as language arts."
Glennon said teachers are working hard to meet these demands, but no allowance is made or extra funding available to increase scores in districts, like ours, who do not qualify for additional monies because our scores are too high.
"Students and schools in deciles 1-3 receive those funds. There are other factors that contribute to the difficulty of achieving proficient," she added. "These include a very late start date for children entering kindergarten, (California allows students to enroll up to and including a Dec. 2 birth date, while other states mandate that those entering kindergarten be 5 by Sept. 1), an increasing population of students who speak English as a second language, no preschool experience, a curriculum that teaches reading, writing and computation in kindergarten, attendance concerns, and a variety of other issues.
"We are asking more of our students each year, and each year the state of California measures growth based upon the scores of a series of tests administered rigorously," said Glennon. "The expectations do not allow for children with special needs or those who simply do not test well. The schools are judged and compared instead of receiving praise for a job well done. NCLB is not a reasonable set of expectations for students, schools or teachers.
"The schools here in Sierra Sands have much to be proud of — good students, families and a community that are supportive, excellent teachers, administrators and staff," she said.
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ROCHESTER — The following items are based on 1,105 entries on the Rochester Police Log from Dec. 29, 2012 to Jan. 5.
Saturday, Dec. 29
1:43 a.m. — Somebody is outside a house saying, "You're gonna die, you're gonna die." The house and voice are in Fremont, and Rochester alerts that P.D.
5:33 a.m. — Police check a loud music complaint on Charles Street... it's playing sweet and low, but occupants will turn it even lower.
7:10 a.m. — Fuller's Dry Cleaning on North Main Street is the target of burglars. The door is off its hinges and both safes are gone.
9:45 a.m. — Quail Drive mail has been rifled through yet again.
10:15 a.m. — At Sugar Brook Drive a feisty cat is hooked out of a cellar with a noose on a pole, but then squirms free and darts into the woods.
10:45 a.m. — The Emmanuel Advent Church have a video of their plow truck being stolen. They get a call that it's on Sonata Drive.
11:19 a.m. — There's been an attempt to break into Superior Hearth and Home on Gonic Road.
11:34 a.m. — Copper piping has been stolen from a home on Stillwater Circle.
1:05 p.m. The persistently harassing panhandler "is driving customers away" from Rochester Crossing. Lowe's and Verizon both lodge complaints. He's gone when police arrive.
1:17 p.m. — A county jail inmate reports a jewelry theft from her Rochester home.
1:32 p.m. — A runner on Dry Hill Road finds a backpack with a wallet in it.
3:53 p.m. — He's baaack! There's another complaint about the Rochester Crossing panhandler.
4:19 p.m. — A dog has been yipping at Amazon Park for hours.
8:10 p.m. — Someone's setting off fireworks at Amazon Park. The dog won't like that.
10:04 p.m. — A North Main Street tenant reports the theft of $50.
11:45 p.m. — A man is in the middle of North Main Street with a camera and a tripod. He's a hobby photographer.
Sunday,Dec. 30
12:21 a.m. — A deer is converted to venison on Walnut Street. A tag confirms it.
2:03 a.m. — Gregory D. Castoras, 22, a transient, is charged with violation of a protective order.
8:50 a.m. — A man who's Market Basket shopping, puts his groceries in his car, wheels his cart back, now he's hopping, food has vanished, trés bizarre.
10:00 a.m. — A woman with a sign seeks money outside Home Depot. She looks extremely cold.
12:21 p.m. — A man offers to shovel the driveway of a Hussey Street resident. Turned down, he waxes angry, says. "Go to the bank, it's only $20," throws his fist in the air, and tramps off with his shovel.
12:53 p.m. — There's a testy incident at Walgreens ... a man smashes the screen of a red box, after being declined a refund.
1:26 p.m. — A man is warned about trespassing on Pine Street.
2:55 p.m. — A 17-year-old is charged with three counts of simple assault, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, and criminal mischief.
3:54 p.m. — A man stands on a traffic island near Lowe's, smacking cars and asking for money. He is gone, again, when police get there.
9:16 p.m. — David Allen Gordon, Sr., 47, of 199 Manchester St., Manchester, is charged with criminal trespass.
9:50 p.m. Scott Desmarais, 33, of 119 North Main St., Apt. 6, is arrested on a bench warrant.
Monday, Dec. 31
12:34 a.m. — A musical racket is coming from a home on Ten Rod Road.
4:17 a.m. — One lane of an upper section of Chestnut Hill Road is blocked by blowing snow, an officer reports. Public Works says it will get to it after 6 a.m.
4:20 a.m. — Snow is blowing across Wakefield Street, and has blocked one lane, causing "a traffic hazard," an officer reports. Public Works says it will get to it after 6 a.m.
7:54 a.m. — Jewelry has been stolen from Forest Park Drive.
8:18 a.m. — A hit-and-run has occurred on Summer Street.
9:44 a.m. — There's a landlord/tenant yelling match on the court house steps.
9:48 a.m. — William Douglas Mueller, Jr., 29, of 489 River Road, Lebanon, Maine, is charged with endangering the welfare of a child, second degree assault and simple assault.
12:59 p.m. — At the station, a woman reports her meds were stolen while she was staying with her Rochester boyfriend.
1:17 p.m. — An East Rochester Main Street toter's gone AWOL.
1:43 p.m. — Robert Walker, 38, of 962 US 1, Saco, Maine, is charged with operating without a valid license, and an offence under the Licensing and Regulation of Hawkers, Peddlers and Itinerant Vendors, on Hawaii Lane.
4:41 p.m. — Rite Aid on Wakefield Street reports a fraud.
5:39 p.m. — Michael Patterson, 60, of 60 Royal Crest MHP, is charged with driving after suspension.
11:25 p.m. — On Charles Street, boys with a bottle of Smirnoff visit teen girls via a fire escape.
11:36 p.m. — Meghan Lyn Whitten, 22, of 72 Moose Lane, is arrested on a bench warrant.
11:50 p.m. — Several people fight on Hanson Street.
Tuesday, Jan. 1
12:18 a.m. — A Happy New Year to folks everywhere. Oh, wait, there's a fracas on Coxeter Square, a gentleman's being assaulted, police hear.
12:18 a.m. — On Lafayette Street, neighbors argue, throw things and bang on walls.
12:49 a.m. — Music blasts from a Norway Plains apartment.
12:58 a.m. — Alice A. Hartford, 32, of 60B Lafayette St., is arrested on a warrant.
1:18 a.m. — Brian James Bundza, 29, of 9 Deerfield Court, is charged with criminal mischief and three counts of simple assault.
2:02 a.m. — Police check on a woman on Heaton Street who said her boyfriend was going to strangle her. She's gone when they arrive.
10:08 a.m. — Road rage manifests itself on Milton Road. One woman blocks another in at a car wash.
10:59 a.m. — There's been a hit-and-run at Hannaford. A vehicle mirror has been clunked off.
12:00 p.m. — Stephen Godbout, 40, of 21 Juniper St., is charged with aggravated DWI and two counts of driving under the influence.
1:44 p.m. — Kids on Lowell Street have an air soft gun that looks just like an AR15. They are released to their parents.
2:49 p.m. — Someone from Maurices calls about a homeless panhandler. Police spot him in an area that is not private property.
3:07 p.m. — Daniel Wilson, 25, of 16B Wakefield St., is charged with theft.
9:49 p.m. — A father-son combo use offensive language at McDonald's on Wakefield Street, and flip someone off.
10:44 p.m. — A Brickyard Lane resident thinks she may have heard gunshots, but it's the banging of the back of dump trucks.
Wednesday, Jan. 2
1:10 a.m. — Doors slam and bang on Cold Spring Circle.
3:33 a.m. — Jay J. Bilodeau, 40, of 111 Pineland Park, Milton, is charged with criminal mischief.
11:33 a.m. — A Daffodil Hill Lane resident has mysterious charges on her credit card.
11:53 a.m. — A Myrtle Street woman has lost her purse with her rent money in it.
11:56 a.m. — A chainsaw has been stolen out the back of a truck parked behind Froggie's.
12:19 p.m. — Joann Fabrics complains of harassment by the panhandler, who is demanding the store make change for him.
1:33 p.m. — The animal control officer checks on a complaint about cages for ferrets and rats at the Lilac Mall pet store.
2:03 p.m. — A woman at Lilac City Pediatrics has her coat stolen from a hook while she is in seeing the doctor.
2:03 p.m. — Granite Steak & Grill is suspicious of a credit card used to give a tip of $710.
2:56 p.m. — Lace Meattey, 27, a Rochester transient, is charged with willful concealment at Walmart and arrested on a bench warrant.
3:16 p.m. — Stephanie Phalen, 32, of 38B Summer St., is charged with conduct after an accident.
5:14 p.m. — Michael W. Leighton, 27, of Route 109, Wakefield, is charged with criminal contempt.
6:07 p.m. — Stephen Goldsmith, 44, of Northgate Apartments, Apt. 1A4, is given a summons for public urination.
6:46 p.m. — Near Dunkin' Donuts, a lady is given an involuntary emergency admission, after contemplating jumping in front of cars or a train.
8:00 p.m. — Justin Sanchez, 21, of 5 Peterborough St., Boston, Mass., is charged with stalking.
9:06 p.m. — Christopher Dameron, 19, of 902 Piscassic St., Newmarket, is charged with drug possession.
Thursday, Jan. 3
8:55 a.m. — A man who says he has lost his business and talks about "starting a war" is regarded with suspicion on Highland Street.
10:09 a.m. — An ancient cat — aged about 17 — is lost from Mavis Avenue. It's a tiger tabby, and friendly.
1:05 p.m. — A TV and tools have been stolen during a burglary on Chestnut Hill Road.
1:58 p.m. — A Papa Gino's delivery car has just had its tires slashed.
2:00 p.m. — A Farrington Street woman says her mother has opened a PSNH account in her name.
2:15 p.m. — A window is smashed at School Street School.
2:25 p.m. — Someone tries to steal electronics at Walmart.
3:19 p.m. — A Portland Street residents reports a scam.
4:49 p.m. — A Milton Road resident is getting harassing calls from someone claiming to have arrest warrants.
7:31 p.m. — A young teen is given an involuntary emergency admission exam.
8:05 p.m. — A kid crouches with a gun behind a tree near Cumby's on Highland Street.
8:10 p.m. — Gear worth $80 has been stolen from Kohl's. The woman's getaway vehicle is described.
8:41 p.m. — Six folks slug it out on Knight Street.
8:48 p.m. — Debra Langlois-McInnes, 31, of 8 Fitch Road, Madbury, is charged with contempt.
10:17 p.m. — A 1995 Buick has been stolen from the Walmart lot.
Friday, Jan. 4
2:47 a.m. — Karen D. Leighton, 47, of 73A Main St., Gonic, is charged with driving after suspension and driving without giving proof.
3:54 a.m. — An E911 call comes into the station, saying Wyandotte Falls needs evacuation, the crisis is stink bugs they're bad to the bone, but then it's a male voice comes onto the phone, and begs police that "no one respond" to this call, while the woman talks louder 'bout stink bugs and all.
10:56 a.m. — Willis M. Niles, 75, of 46 Daffodil Hill Lane, is charged with violation of a protective order.
11:11 a.m. — A 17-year-old is arrested on a bench warrant.
11:39 a.m. — Family Dollar reports a deposit in December is missing.
12:24 p.m. — Staples would like to file a no trespass order against that irritating panhandler who harasses customers for money.
12:50 p.m. — A trash toter is taken on Winter Street.
1:10 p.m. — A panhandler is "harassing customers for money" near Planet Fitness.
1:13 p.m. — At the station, a woman reports her purse has been stolen.
2:16 p.m. — Hanson Pines seems to have gone to pot.
3:13 p.m. — A Holiday Inn Express guest is outside in slippers and a house coat, talking to herself.
5:16 p.m. — Jewelry has been stolen from a home on Brookfield Drive. A suspect is suggested.
5:50 p.m. — A snowmobile guy is racing parallel to the Spaulding Turnpike connector, "trying to beat a vehicle to cross the roadway."
6:25 p.m. — A Ford Windstar is stolen from a Rochester woman, and is recovered on Poor Farm Road in Farmington, not drivable because of a burnt engine.
8:49 p.m. — An iPhone is stolen at Silver Bell MHP.
9:01 p.m. — Two teens (one is a runaway) are taken into protective custody, after police investigate a burglary report at Baxter Lake.
9:23 p.m. — There has been a hit-and-run in the Walmart lot.
11:53 p.m. — A man is yelling and running in and out of traffic on Signal Street.
Saturday, Jan. 5
12:24 a.m. — Neighbors, somewhere on Portland Street, are kicking up a din.
7:18 a.m. — At the Holiday Inn Express, a lady is still talking to herself and bugging other patrons. In a minor footnote, she owes $158 and only has six bucks. She is picked up by a taxi and taken to Frisbie.
8:48 a.m. — A car stolen from a Four Rod Road driveway last night is found nearby "destroyed."
10:47 a.m. — An Amazon Park resident is given an involuntary emergency admission exam.
12:03 p.m. — A ring with "mom" engraved on it, and valued at $1,500, has been lost at the Bud Carlson School.
1:36 p.m. — A Milton Road son-in-law is said to have stolen half a cord of firewood.
1:47 p.m. — Music blasts from a Franklin Heights apartment.
2:15 p.m. — A Limestone Lane lady bought a washer and dryer off an "internet yard sale" and is not happy with what she got. Police say no crime took place and advise caution when buying off the internet.
2:35 p.m. — A man says his credit card has been fraudulently hit with an $87 charge at the Anchorage Inn.
3:03 p.m. — Kohl's has two women in custody for stealing hundreds of dollars worth of stuff. They have no I.D.s and won't say who they are.
4:06 p.m. — On Linden Street a woman is heard to cry "Let me go, don't do this to me." A man laughs, though "fiendishly" is not mentioned. Police check up and find the couple were "just joking around."
6:48 p.m. — Here we go panhandling at the Globe Shopping Mall. Give me dough — when she says "No" he don't like that at all.
7:32 p.m. — Walls are banged and racial slurs hurled on Winter Street.
8:52 p.m. — Police check on the welfare of rabbits, believe it or not, on Warren Street.
9:41 p.m. — Thomas Hegarty, 18, a transient, is charged with failure to make restitution.
10:45 p.m. — Screaming and wall-punching occur on Periwinkle Drive.
11:22 p.m. — Lisa Anderson, 43, of 156D North Main St. is charged with two counts of simple assault.
11:59 p.m. — Music is a plague for some at Profile Apartment.


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The LEAF Program is an outreach program administered by the Forsyth County Department of Animal Services. Due to the magnitude and the complexity of the animal welfare situation in Forsyth County we felt that a program that is able to mold itself to fit the needs of every member of our community was necessary.
We intend to use the LEAF Program as a flexible tool that can be used for humane education in schools, while still meeting the standard curriculum required. For instance, an English teacher could incorporate the LEAF program into a poetry lesson featuring Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Art teachers could use the program to spark creativity. Social Studies teachers could use it to teach students the meaning and the power of advocacy on a grass roots level. Animal welfare is a subject that is full of passion. Teachers could use their passion for animal welfare to pique the interest of disconnected students.
It won't, not by tomorrow anyway. It is a starting point. It's something we can all use to suit our needs. It could be as simple as wearing a wristband to show support or designing an 8 hour presentation for a veterinary school on the history of animal abuse in the US and its financial impact on local government. LEAF isn't just an animal fighting campaign. Animal issues of any kind can be addressed by the LEAF concept.
Be creative! There is no limit to what can be done through compassion and creativity. No idea is too crazy or too plain. In other words, doing something, anything is better than doing nothing at all.
Forsyth County Animal Services
5570 Sturmer Park Circle
Winston-Salem, NC 27105 (336) 703-2480
We'd love to hear about it! Your contributions can be added to the collective pool
of information and advocacy resources that we would like to make available to all
animal welfare groups and individuals everywhere.
You may also use the LEAF logo and materials freely. The idea is to empower ourselves and to enable everyone to contribute in whatever way they can.
We are happy to provide speakers for school programs, educational materials, the community room at The Forsyth County Animal Shelter is also available by appointment to teachers and animal welfare organizations for meetings or training sessions.
Certainly! Contact us at the numbers above. We will try to accommodate your request.
Absolutely! Donations may be sent to Forsyth County Animal Services at the address above. Write LEAF in the memo section on your check.
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Today in the News: Cleveland kidnap victims release video
Hot video: Kidnap victims say 'thank you'
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
After having walked to Dardagny and had a good look around, we decided to go back to Russin where we would take the RER (regional) train back to the central train station, Geneva Cornavin...
But we did not want to go back home without having another peek at that quaint village and it's surroundings. It is such a lovely place that I no desire to leave without taking a more in-depth tour of it. No matter how small it is there are surprises waiting for you every time you turn a corner or enter a new street.
Despite the strong wind blowing and the biting cold, it was such a clear and splendid day that it would have been a pity not to profit from the stunning view as well as landscapes that were to be admired at that very moment. The Frecnh Alps were obcenely visible and the Mont Blanc was standing proud between the small and the big Salève (see picture n°2 from the top). When such a spectacle offers itself to your eyes, you have to stare with amazment no matter how many times you've seen it all!
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You certainly titled this post correctly Rosa. Amazing.ReplyDelete
Russin looks gorgeous & well worth a trip back. The changing fall leaves are beautiful!ReplyDelete
Love how crisp this last photo is.ReplyDelete
Ciao Rosa ho fatto assieme a te un bel viaggio :) ciaoReplyDelete
Comme toujours tes photos m'enchantent Rosa's.ReplyDelete
grazie <rosa, le tue foto sono molto suggestive, ogni volta mi lasci entusiasta di guardarle !!!ReplyDelete
Amazing indeed !ReplyDelete
US Masala
what a lovely landscape!ReplyDelete
Hi Rosa! Your photography is always breathtaking. I think the best part about your trip is that you really soak up the surroundings and take it all in. Thanks for sharing the pictures of a place I may never see in person in my life!ReplyDelete
I would not want to leave, great color and detail in all.ReplyDelete
i am blown away by this post... have a nice day Rosa.ReplyDelete
Wow, Rosa what a beautiful area...I really would love to see these beautiful places in person but until then your photos will do just great! xo EvaReplyDelete
Que c'est magnifique. Comme j'aimerais visiter.ReplyDelete
Wow! J'aimerais bien aller faire un tour dans ce coin de pays!ReplyDelete
Your beautiful photos are out of my screen! I'd like visiting the Mont Blanc and enjoy the local chocolates there :)ReplyDelete
All the best,
- Anonymous12:14 AM, November 25, 2010
Beautiful photos!ReplyDelete
Life is grand...especially when little surprises around the corner enchant us the way these captured photos have today Rosa ;o)ReplyDelete
Have a great week,
Lovely, lovely views. Thanks for sharing them with us.ReplyDelete
Amazing views indeed! The vineyard against a backdrop of fall foliage and mountains is stunning. One day I hope to visit the French Alps, for now your photos take me there :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful photos with incredible views:)ReplyDelete
Amazing!!! Simply breathtaking!ReplyDelete
Have a great day!
Aldy :)
Vin et oeufs frais distingue! a perfect combination!ReplyDelete
Rosa you should do a book of your photos I hoe you are putting them all together! very romantic and somehow they make me hungry!
diese für uns nahezu unbekannte Landschaft begeistert mich immer wieder. Thanks for sharing. RobertReplyDelete
What a lovely place !! What lovely pictures!! I will have to visit some day!!ReplyDelete
Magnifique. Ici, nous n'avons plus de feuilles sur les arbres.ReplyDelete
Un jour, tu vas te faire embaucher par le syndicat touristique local :)ReplyDelete
Ah! More stunning pictures. Russin looks breathtaking. What a lovely trip.ReplyDelete
Heidi xo
Stunning photos Rosa!ReplyDelete
the second pic is full of magic!ReplyDelete
have a nice time,
C'est du bonheur en couleur! Ça donne envie d'installer ces photos sur un grand mur. Magnifique encore une fois.ReplyDelete
Beautiful photos Rosa, I feel like I just walked through the countryside and enjoyed those views in person:)ReplyDelete
Beautiful photos!ReplyDelete
Wow! Rosa is not only amazing, I think is wonderful, georgeous, all the things, I love your pictures, are special and beauty, xx gloriaReplyDelete
Encore une fois je me régale...Merci pour tes couleurs !ReplyDelete
Encore uen jolie balade par ici, on ne s'en lasse pas !ReplyDelete
Such spectacular views! Thanks for sharing them with us, Rosa!ReplyDelete
STUNNING PHOTO'S THEY ARE ALL LOVELY XXReplyDelete
Simply beautiful! Have a nice weekend! :-)ReplyDelete
Stunning photos but the last one is my favourite.ReplyDelete
Have a great weekend ♥
Tes photos sont superbes et montrent de beaux paysages !ReplyDelete
Très bonne soirée de ce vendredi,
Bisous, Doria
Amazing indeed. What a visual treat. So lovely.ReplyDelete
Postcards views; where is it again! I need to book a few days at une auberge!ReplyDelete
Beautiful scenery. Wish I was there!ReplyDelete
that's absolutely some of the most gorgeous landscape i've ever seen. wow.ReplyDelete
Breathtaking! I wonder which is better, your photography or the landscape?ReplyDelete


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Remember Intel's old X25-M SSD? The drive came out in 2008 and played a big role in seeding a solid-state storage revolution that continues to sweep across the PC industry. SSDs have come a long way since those early days, when the X25-M 80GB was considered a relative bargain at $600. That worked out to seven dollars per gigabyte, a far cry from the sub-$1 prices that have democratized the technology in recent years.
There is perhaps no better illustration of how far we've come than Crucial's new M500 SSD. For the same $600 asking price as the old X25-M, one variant of the M500 delivers a staggering 960GB of storage. Do the math, and you're looking at 63 cents per gig—an order of magnitude reduction in cost. How's that for progress?
Fittingly, these lower prices have been driven in part by cooperation between Intel and Micron, Crucial's parent company, who collaborate on NAND production through a joint venture dubbed IM Flash Technologies. IMFT fabbed the 50-nm flash chips for the X25-M, and it has since moved to finer process tech at 35, 25, and now 20 nanometers. Each new process packs more gigabytes per wafer, increasing bit densities and decreasing prices.
While the M500 960GB represents a sort of pinnacle for SSD progression, its $600 price tag is still rather steep. The 240 and 480GB versions are more affordable, and those are the ones we've gathered to review today. As you'll see, there's much more to the M500 than its peak capacity.
Meet the new flash
As you've probably deduced already, the M500's MLC memory chips are built on a 20-nm manufacturing process. There's a difference between this NAND and what's lurking inside Intel's 20-nm 335 Series, though. The memory chips in the Intel and most other contemporary SSDs weigh in at 64Gb (8GB) each, while the M500's NAND chips have twice that capacity.
This is the first drive we've seen with 128Gb NAND, and the shift has interesting implications. For one, it makes hitting higher capacities possible with fewer dies, which is probably part of the reason the 960GB drive costs much less than its terabyte-class peers. Having fewer dies isn't always better, though. SSD controllers rely on parallelism for maximum performance; past a certain point, drives with fewer NAND dies are actually slower.
With most SSDs, performance starts to fall off at capacities below 240-256GB, suggesting that current controllers favor 32-die configurations. That makes sense, since most controllers have eight channels and can address four chips per channel. The M500 240GB uses only 16 flash dies, and its performance specifications reveal that configuration isn't ideal.
|Die config
|Max sequential (MB/s)
|4KB random (IOps)
|8 x 128Gb
|16 x 128Gb
|32 x 128Gb
|64 x 128Gb
To see the M500's full performance potential, you'll need at least the 480GB version. The 240GB model has a much slower sequential write speed rating, and its random I/O rates are lower, as well. The 120GB drive is slower still, with only one NAND die for each of the controller's eight channels. No wonder Crucial is skipping a 60GB variant.
There's no difference in the performance ratings attached to the 480 and 960GB models, though. Also, note how the per-gigabyte price goes up as the drive capacity drops. Somewhat surprisingly, the 960GB drive delivers the best value of the bunch; it's the only one that dips close to 60 cents per gig. The prices for the other models are nothing special.
Beneath its grey metal exterior, the M500 is anchored by a Marvell 88SS9187 controller chip. This is an eight-channel design with—you guessed it—four chip-enables per channel. The controller combines a dual-core CPU with a 6Gbps SATA interface and support for DDR3 cache memory. It also has a built-in RAID engine and hardware support for 256-bit AES encryption.
The RAID engine works in conjunction with RAIN, a flash redundancy scheme that's also employed by Micron's enterprise-grade SSDs. This mechanism reserves a portion of the flash for parity data, which is why the M500 series has somewhat lower capacities, similar to those of SandForce-based drives.
Crucial also takes advantage of the Marvell controller's encryption hardware. The M500 supports the TCG Opal 2.0 and IEEE 1667 standards, making it compatible with the BitLocker encryption built into Windows 8. This is the first SSD we've seen with explicit support for Win8's encryption tech.
In addition to protecting bits and bytes from prying eyes, the M500 guards against data loss due to unexpected power failures. See all the little capacitors in the bottom right corner of the circuit board pictured above? Those store enough power to allow the M500 to shut down gracefully if the lights go out or your battery dies.
Speaking of mobile applications, the M500 comes in a slim 7-mm form factor compatible with thinner notebooks. The drive still has the standard mounting holes used by all 2.5" notebook drives, and Crucial includes an adhesive-backed spacer to ensure a tight fit in 9.5-mm notebook bays. Versions of the M500 with even smaller mSATA and NGFF M.2 form factors are also in the works, although they'll be limited to 480GB and smaller capacities.
To deal with cramped notebook internals that have little airflow, the M500 employs an adaptive thermal management system. If the drive temperature exceeds 70°C, "NAND operations" are reduced by "approximately 40 percent" until thermals return to normal. This throttling doesn't affect the speed of the SATA link, but it will lower overall drive performance.
Like most consumer-grade SSDs, the M500 is covered by a three-year warranty. Crucial says the drive can withstand 40GB of writes per day for five years, which works out to 72 terabytes—plenty for even relatively heavy use. It's worth noting that this endurance specification is considerably more optimistic than the one slapped on Intel's 335 Series SSD. That 20-nm drive is only rated for 20GB per day for three years, or 22TB in total.
The effects of cell degradation and interference are more pronounced on NAND chips built with finer fabrication processes, so the M500's generous endurance rating is certainly comforting. Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be any way to monitor flash wear or how many bytes have been written to the drive. Unlike rivals Intel and Samsung, Crucial doesn't provide utility software with a built-in health indicator. The M500's payload of SMART attributes doesn't contain any references to flash wear or bytes written, either. Several of the SMART attributes are labeled "Vendor-specific," but you'll need to guess what they track and read the associated values using third-party software.
Without accompanying software, the M500's overall package feels especially spartan. It doesn't help that the drive is shipped without the 3.5" bay adapter commonly included with 2.5" SSDs. That plastic spacer is the only other thing in the box.


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The heart of present day Athens is fashionable Plateia Syntagmatos which lies below the imposing mass of the Old Royal Palace. Plateia Syntagmatos, which translated means Constitution Square, commemorates the constitution granted by Othon I in a proclamation from the balcony of the Palace on the night of 3rd September 1843.
The OLD ROYAL PALACE, which since 1935 has housed the Parliament, was designed as the residence of King Othon, at his own and his father's expense, by the Bavarian architect Friedrich Garther and built between 1834 and 1842.
At the foot of the west facade of the Old Palace is a large square bounded on three sides by walls on which, in evocation of the ancient custom of hanging the victor's shield in the temple, are set bronze shields flanked by the names of the many victories won by Hellenic arms since National Independence. Built into the center of the retaining wall is the TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER, a relief impressive in its simplicity, which depicts a dying hoplite. This work is by the sculptors Constantinos Demetriades (1881-1943) and Phokion Rok (1886-1942), and was unveiled on 25th March (National Independence Day) 1932.
South of Plateia Syntagmatos lies Leophoros Amalias, which is so called after King Othon's consort, who, with the horticulturist Friedrich Schmiedt, created the delectable retreat adjoining the Old Royal Palace that we know today as the NATIONAL GARDEN. The National Garden is open daily from sunrise to sunset and the shade of its multitudinous trees provides a cool and peaceful oasis in the heart of the city.
On the east side of the Garden are the busts of Capodistrias and Jean-Gabriel Eynard, a great Swiss philhellene who donated large sums of money to the cause of Greek Independence. Both these busts are the work of the famous Pelopennesian loannis Kossos. Other busts in the National Garden are those of three leading Greek poets of the 19th century: Dionysius Solomos of Zante, who is considered the national poet; Aristotle Valaoritis, also a native of the Ionian Islands, and Jean Moreas, which was the nom-de-plume of loannis Papadiamantopoulos, an Athenian who lived the greater part of his life in Paris.
Contiguous to the National Garden is a large public park called ZAPPEION after the brothers Evangelos and Constantinos Zappas of Epirus, who donated it with its splendid exhibition hall to the Nation. On either side of the entrance to the exhibition hall stand statues of the donors, that of Evangelos by loannis Kossos; that of Constantinos by Georgios Vroutos. Among the many pieces of statuary by famous sculptors is the bust of loannis Varvakis by the master Leonidas Drossis. Varvakis is best known as the founder of the renowned boys' school, the Lykeion Varvakeion, for the endowment of which he bequeathed his huge fortune. Other busts include those of Constantinos Paparrighopoulos, the greatest historian of Modern Greece, of Stephan Dragoumis, the most prominent political personality during the Macedonian struggle (1903-1909), and of George Souris, the leading satirical poet of his times.
A short distance from Plateia Syntagmatos, on the right of Odhos Panepistimiou, we come to a Renaissance edifice of Italian inspiration. This is the NUMISMATIC MUSEUM, which contains a rich collection of Greek, Roman and Byzantine coins, cameos and seal-stones. Built by the noted architect Erst Ziller in 1878, it was the private residence of the illustrious archaeologist Henry Schliemann.
Still keeping on the right-hand side we come to a five-storeyed building situated at the corner of this street and Odhos Omirou. Here are the premises of the ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, built entirely in marble. The classical motif of the magnificent bronze door with its richly painted and gilded surround and the ceiling coffered in a delicate blue and gold deserve the greatest admiration. Besides creating the first National Archaeological Museum the Society, which was founded in 1837, has excavated sites all over the country.
Immediately after the Archaeological Society's premises stands the ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL. As the Latin inscription shows, the cathedral was begun in 1853, completed in 1887, and dedicated to St. Dionysius Areopagite. It is a three-naved basilica designed by Leo von Klenze (1784-1864), Bavarian Court architect and master-plan ner of modern Athens, and built under the direction of Lysander Kaftanzoglou (1811-1885), the outstanding Greek architect of the period.
Adjoining this edifice is the OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, a Byzantine-style construction designed by Theophil Hansen (1813-1891, the younger of two Danish brothers, both distinguished architects), in 1847, and completed by Lysander Kaftanzoglou four years later.
Just beyond the Ophthalmic Hospital is an ensemble of neo-Classical buildings: on the right the Academy, in the middle the University, and on the left the National Library. All three were gifts to the Nation from wealthy patriots; they are the most sumptuous monuments of Modern Greece.
The HELLENIC ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, a meticulously accurate reproduction of an edifice of the Classical period erected in the graceful Ionic order by Theophil Hansen at the expense of Baron Georgios Sinas, was begun in 1859 and completed in 1875.
The nine sculptured pediments and all the statues before the Academy are the work of the Athenian master Leonidas Drossis. The relief in the central pediment, which portrays The Birth of Athena, and the two gigantic statues of Apollo (right) and Athena (left) standing on tall columns, one on either side of the principal facade, are particularly impressive. The seated figures flanking the short flight of steps leading to the portico represent the philosophers Socrates (right) and Plato (left).
The portico consists of a double row of columns. The coffered ceiling is painted in bright blue and gold and the door opening into the vestibule has a surround of classical inspiration executed in brilliant color and gilding. A statue of the donor Baron Sinas stands on the right of the vestibule, while the interior of the Academy Hall is decorated with eight superb panels by the Oldenburg painter Christian Griepenkerl (1839-1916), depicting scenes from the Myth of Prometheus.
Visitors to the University will be surprised to see a statue of William Ewart Gladstone, standing on the right of the lawn surrounding the forecourt. The dedication on the plinth of this statue immortalizes the prominent part played by the great British statesman in the deliverance of Epirus and Thessaly from Turkish oppression, and their return to the Motherland in 1881.
The statues at the top of the steps leading to the entrance commemorate the great philologist Korais (1748-1833), ardent patriot and "father" of the Modern Greek literary language (right), and Capodistrias (1776-1831), first Head of State (1827-1831) and one of the major architects of modern Greece.
The UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS was founded in 1836, and was initially established in a large house which Schaubert and Cleanthes had built in Plaka (the old quarter of Athens) when they first came to Athens in 1831. This building, at the corner of Odhos Prytaneiou and Odhos Tholou, is still standing and is converted into a museum devoted to the earlier history of the University. The present University buildings were designed by Christian Hansen and the foundation stone laid by King Othon in 1839. The central building was ready for use in 1842, but owing to lack of funds, the buildings as a whole were not completed until 1850.
A colonnade with a handsome portico in Pentelic marble fronted by two Ionic columns with gilded capitals, and a coffered ceiling in blue and gold in harmony with the classical motif of a painted and gilded door surround, gives access to the interior of the main building.
On the upper part of the wall a fresco by the celebrated Austrian painter Karl Rahl (1812-1865) shows the resurgence of arts and sciences under King Othon. Statues of two national heroes, Patriarch Grigorios and the martyred poet Rhigas Pheraios, stand respectively at the right and left angles of the facade.
The NATIONAL LIBRARY, which is built of Pentelic marble on a foundation of poros, consists of a central building in the form of a Doric temple, with two wings. It was planned by Theophil Hansen in 1887 and the work executed under the supervision of Ernst Ziller, at the expense of the Valianos brothers of Cephalonia in 1901. A statue of one of these munificent benefactors, Panayis, stands outside the central building, and those of his two brothers Andreas and Maris inside the entrance hall. All three statues are the work of Georgios Bonanos.
The eminent philologist Andreas Moustoxidis on the island of Aegina formed the nucleus of the Library in 1827. The books were brought to Athens in 1833 and stored in the beautiful church of St. Eleutherius (the "Little Cathedral"). In 1842 they were removed to the first floor of the central building of the University – which had just been completed – where they remained until the National Library was inaugurated in 1903.
In recent years many fine nineteenth century buildings have been demolished and unimaginative concrete structures built on the sites, so that with the exception of the Ionian Bank of Greece on one corner of Odhos Pezmazoglou and the former buildings of the Arsakeion College for Girls (founded in 1836) on the other corner over the Doric portico, built at the expense of Apostolos Arsakis of Epirus in 1848, nothing remains of the splendid buildings that once lined both sides of this street of central Athens.
Continuing along Odhos Panepistimiou for a short distance, we turn right into Odhos Patission. A few hundred meters further down, on our right, stands a construction in the finest Pentelic marble, in which two educational institutions of University status are established: The POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Naval, Chemical and Mining Engineering, Architecture, and Topography) and the SUPERIOR SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS (Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Engraving, etc.). Two wings in the Doric order serve as propylaea to the central building of two storeys, the lower erected in the Doric order, the upper in Ionic. This edifice is the work of Lysander Kaftanzoglou, who built it between 1862 and 1880, and owes its name -METSOVION POLYTECHNEION- to the fact that the principal donors Nicholaos Stournaras, Michalis Tositsas and his widow Helen, were natives of Metsovo in Epirus.


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Rebels besiege airports in northern Syria
- More than 40,000 people have died in the fighting since it began
- Turkish officials say two Syrian air force generals defected
- Russia proposes meetings with rebel group they have refused to recognize
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels stepped up their siege of a government helicopter base and clashed with soldiers near Aleppo's international airport on Friday, part of an effort to chip away at the air power that poses the biggest challenge to their advances against the regime of President Bashar Assad.
That airborne threat came into stark relief the same day, when a government airstrike on a northern town killed 14 people — most of them women and children, activists said. More than 21-months into Syria's conflict, the Assad regime is counting more than ever on its air force to block rebel gains.
Rebels in the north, a region largely clear of government troops, realize this and have launched campaigns to seize all the area's airports, hoping such a move will protect their forces and the civilians who back them.
This push in many ways represents the mismatched nature of Syria's civil war, with numerous but lightly armed rebels fighting a highly sophisticated army, albeit one badly weakened by defections.
Rebels say they have surrounded four airports in the northern province of Aleppo. In recent days, they have posted dozens of videos online showing fighters shooting mortars, homemade rockets and sniper rifles at targets inside the bases.
It remains unclear whether rebels will be able to seize any of the bases soon, but they have managed to stop air traffic at one and limit movement at others by firing on all approaching aircraft with heavy machine guns.
"The airports are now considered the most important thing the rebels can focus on because all of the strikes now come from the air," said Aleppo activist Mohammed Saeed via Skype.
Saeed said clashes between rebels and government soldiers raged until Friday morning around the Mannagh helicopter base near the Turkish border. He said other rebel groups continued to hold positions around the Kuwiras military airport southwest of the city of Aleppo and clashed with soldiers near Aleppo's international airport and neighboring Nerab military airport.
Rebels have numerical superiority and support from most of the population in the far north, making it easy for them to surround and cut the ground supply lines to government military bases.
But Assad's forces still control the air, responding to rebel gains with airstrikes on their positions or residential areas, a tactic rebels consider collective punishment against civilians who back the revolt.
The rebels remain largely helpless against regime airpower, and credible reports of them shooting down government aircraft are rare. But many groups now have heavy caliber anti-aircraft guns they say act as a deterrent to low-flying aircraft.
Activist Hazem al-Azazi said via Skype that rebels have surrounded the Mannagh airport near the Turkish border and have stopped helicopter traffic in and out of the base for about a week.
On Friday, a government helicopter tried to drop food and ammunition to troops in the base, but the supplies fell to rebels, he said. The day before, a group of rebels sneaked into the base and destroyed two tanks. One rebel was killed and four injured before they got out, he added.
The fall of any of Aleppo's airports would give a psychological boost the areas rebels and give them greater freedom of moment since ground forces often shell from inside the airports.
It would not, however, stop the airstrikes, most of which are carried out by jets from the central province of Hama or near the capital Damascus.
The airstrike on Friday killed 14 people in the town of al-Safira south of Aleppo, activists said.
The town, frequently hit by airstrikes, sits next to a large military complex with factories, air defense and artillery bases. Rebels have been attacking the base for weeks, and activists say the regime has been striking the town in revenge.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the dead included two women and eight children.
An Aleppo activist who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons provided names of the dead and said the town was hit because of the rebel attacks on the nearby base.
A video posted online that purported to show the site of the strike showed a large area covered with the rubble and the walls sheared off of a row of buildings nearby.
The video appeared genuine and corresponded to other AP reporting.
Activists also reported large clashes near Damascus and in the southern town of Busra al-Harir. They also said rebel forces seized the al-Tanak oil field near the Iraqi border to the east.
International diplomacy has failed to slow Syria's crisis, which anti-regime activists say has killed more than 40,000 people since March 2011.
Also on Friday, Russia's foreign minister said Moscow had proposed talks with the main Syrian opposition coalition, even though it has criticized Western countries for recognizing the group.
Sergey Lavrov told reporters that Russia has contacted the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces through the Russian Embassy in Egypt to suggest a meeting with coalition leader Mouaz al-Khatib.
Al-Khatib criticized the invitation.
"If we don't represent the Syrian people, why is he inviting us?" he said in an interview with Al-Jazeera TV, calling Assad's ouster "a main condition in any negotiations."
"The Syrian people haven't heard one fair word from Russia to the Syrian people, especially to the children, innocent people and civilians who are killed every day with Russian weapons," he said.
Russia is one of Assad's strongest backers, although top officials have recently expressed some resignation to the idea that he could fall. Still, Russia opposes international calls for his ouster and wants a negotiated solution to the conflict.
The international envoy charged with pushing to end the civil war is due to meet Russian officials in Moscow this weekend.
During a visit to Damascus this week, Lakhdar Brahimi called for a transitional government.
The rebels have rejected his plan, and the Syrian government has not commented.


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Offering a $5,000 sign on bonus to any new, external candidate hired into this position.
In this position you will:
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Effectively advocate for ethical and holistic care by partnering in care planning to promote the autonomy, dignity, rights, values and beliefs of those we serve.
Foster a learning environment for patient/families, nursing, and other members of the healthcare team including students.
Be accountable for safety, identify and correct problems, and integrate evidence, and best practice into nursing care.
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Lead and coordinate teams, appropriately delegate, coordinate care and collaborate with others as equal members of the inter-professional care team to integrate nursing knowledge.
Required qualifications for this position include:
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All Registered Nurses without a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) must obtain a BSN or higher within 3 years of hire.
RNs with 20 years of RN experience will not be required to obtain a BSN
Unencumbered Registered Nurse (RN) license in state(s) of hire, and wherever care is delivered.
If RN holds a multistate license through the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC), the RN must adhere to the requirements of licensure in the new state(s) of hire
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Preferred qualifications for this position include:
Bachelor's degree in nursing upon hire
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Providence Holy Family Hospital is a progressive, full service hospital in Spokane, Washington, offering a full range of medical and surgical services as well as specialty support and outpatient services. The hospital primarily serves north Spokane County-the fastest growing area in our region. We are currently licensed for more than 270 beds. As a not-for-profit Catholic hospital, every dollar we earn goes back to the community we serve. Providence Holy Family Hospital received several Five Star safety and excellence awards last year, including Patient Safety, Pulmonary, Respiratory and Critical Care.
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